Ruix Leon

Background

Leon, Ruix was born on December 2, 1890 in Les Caves, Haiti. Son of Ludovic Leon and Angèle (Moraille) Leon.

Education

Ecole des Frères, 1900. Seminaire College (Saint Martial), 1910. Doctor of Medicine Faculte de Medecine d’Haiti, 1915.

Rockefeller Foundation scholarships, 1927, 1930, Hôpital Brodeloque, Paris, 1930, Cuba.

Career

Began practice 1915, Les Cayes. Hygiene officer Quarantine Service, 1920-1922. Physician Cap Haitien Hospital, 1922-1926.

Administrator, Hospital Portuguese de Paix, 1926-1927.

Maternity ward, General Hospital (Portuguese au Prince), 1927-1931. Professor, Faculty Medicine, Haiti, 1927-1931.

Haitian delegate to Congress Hygiene Services Directors, Washington, District of Columbia, 1936, Pan-American Sanitary Conference, Bogota, 1938, 6th Congress International Hospitals Association, Toronto, 1939, International Meeting Caribs, Ciudad Trujillo, 1940, Conference American Sanitary Association, 1941. General director National and Public Welfare Services, Haiti, 1931-1941.

Undersecretary hygiene, 1940-1941.

Consul general for Haiti in New York, 1941. Commander Honneur et Merite of Haiti, Commander Order of Duarte, Dominican Republic, Commander Cuban Red Cross.

Achievements

• Ruix Leon has been listed as a noteworthy consul, physician. by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member American Public Health Association, Association Military Surgeons of the United States.

Connections

Married Octavie de Valenton, April. Children: Josette, Maxime, Adeline, Gerard.

Father:

Ludovic Leon Leon

Mother:

Angèle (Moraille) Leon

Spouse:

Octavie de Valenton

child:

Adeline Leon

child:

Maxime Leon

child:

Josette Leon

child:

Gerard Leon